For over 40 years, the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria has been exploring the interaction between technology, people and nature through electronic art. Here we present some of the most interesting works from the last edition.
The work of TERRITORIAL AGENCY explores the impact of human activity on the oceans and highlights the challenges of climate change through the use of science.
Urban Complexity Lab: A Brief History of CO2 Emissions
The short film “A brief history of CO2 emissions” illustrates both the geographical distribution and the historical dimension of CO2 emissions since 1751, i.e. shortly before the beginning of industrialisation.
PL’AI is the third work from Špela Petrič’s opus “Plant-Machine”. It is all about a process in which cultivated plants and a robot interact with one another over several months.
The Data Garden is a computer centre based on organisms. This functional and carbon-negative infrastructure is able to store and retrieve data from plant DNA.
Asunder addresses the growing interest in using AI to tackle environmental issues. State-of-the-art climate technology and imaging techniques combine to create a fictional environmental manager.
The installation consists of one square metre of wheat, grown in a closed environment. Every four months, it provides the necessary calorie intake for one person for one day.
Cloud Studies analyses images of cloud formations and produces evidence through the use of AI to solve environmental crimes – a showcase example of how art can become activism.